Archive for June, 2011
19 Year Old Arrested For Using PlayStation 3 To Make Bomb Threats
Posted by PAUL FIERCE in Off-Topic, PS3, QuickNews on June 24th, 2011
According to a news report in Japan. A 19 year old unemployed Japanese man threatened to blow up a train station for reasons unknown. What is known however is that the man used his PlayStation 3 to write the message in Japanese bulletin board.
Authorities traced the man’s IP address and they discovered that he used his PlayStation to write and send the message. The threat read “”Tomorrow, I will blow up Hiroshima Station.” The next day, he was arrested.
Source: Nikkasports Japan
NHL 12 Cover Athlete: Steven Stamkos
Posted by MAINEiac4434 in N, PS3 on June 24th, 2011
The NHL 12 cover
The 2011 iteration of the annual National Hockey League awards show, held in inexplicably a desert Las Vegas, Nevada, was filled with embarrassments. “Comedian” Jay Mohr made a bunch of unfunny comments, two ladies mispronounced Martin St. Louis’ name (it’s “Mar-TAN Saint lou-EE“, not “Mar-TIN Saint lou-IS“. It’s a French name.), and that horrible “Like a G6″ band, the Far East Movement, played “music”. Oh, and some hockey players got trophies.
Besides that, Electronic Arts revealed the coverboy of their yearly NHL simulation: Steven Stamkos, the young cetreman of the Tampa Bay Lightning (personally, I was more partial to my own Tim Thomas of the Boston Bruins, but at least I get this nice fake cover to comfort me).
inFAMOUS 2 Now Available for Download on PSN
Posted by Oly in InFamous 2, QuickNews on June 23rd, 2011
The full inFAMOUS 2 game is now available for download on PSN.
“If you are a PlayStation Plus member, you can play up to 60 minutes of the full game for free as a trial and even earn in-game Trophies (Trophies will be realized after purchasing the full game). The cost for the game will be $59.99. Visit the New Releases category on PlayStation Store to download the game today! If you aren’t familiar with the inFAMOUS series, you can now also download the original inFAMOUS game for free on PSN as part of the “Welcome Back” program. For more information, please visit www.infamousthegame.com.”
Source: Official PS Blog
Update: The file size is 15GB.
Back To The Future Episode 3 Review
Posted by EdEN in Back to the Future The Game, Featured, Media, PLAYSTATION Store, PS3, PS3 software, PSN, Reviews on June 23rd, 2011
Time travel: changing history and destroying timelines since 1985 (give or take a few centuries due to anomalies inherent to the subject mater).
Every story has a beginning and a second act, so now we must make ends meet (or not meet… or be but not be) and savor the present as tomorrow is closer than we initially expected and you never know when things will change at the drop of a hat.. or was it a shoe?
Anyway, on with the show!
Firmware 3.66 Inbound
Posted by Ace in Firmware Updates, PS3, QuickNews on June 23rd, 2011
So what’s new with the latest update? Well, it’s nothing big, except for the usual system stability improvements and such. Maybe, we’ll see some secret goodies thrown in!
“A new PS3 system software update, v3.66, will be released soon,” says SCEA’s Eric Lempel, director of PlayStation Network operations, in a post over at the official PlayStation Blog. “With this minor update, system stability during use of PS3 format software and network services has been improved.”
Source: [US PlayStation Blog]
PS3BlogCast Episode 6 + Giveaways
Posted by Jcmdaddy in Gaming Industry, Giveaways, Lottery2, Media, PS3, PS3BlogCast on June 23rd, 2011
We’ve broken another record, sporting 5 people this podcast! Though it did take a while for us to get it going XD. We had good times with this one, and we ran a bit longer than normal even though there wasn’t a whole lot of news. One thing I’ve realized is I need to write down things throughout the week to remember. After we record I always remember little things, oh well. Anyways!
Also don’t be shy about sending in listener email or leaving us voicemails! We’d love to read some on the podcast.
Download and listen in to Ace, Tosh, FooBear408, Jay, and myself ramble on about game news and other misc. topics.
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Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:36:23 — 88.3MB)
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You can also leave a voicemail for us by calling PS3-888-BLOG or if you want to contact us via email for us you can do so here.
Here’s a list of some things we discussed:
Mortal Kombat: Skarlet Now Available (Win Her Here)
Posted by Oly in Giveaways, Media, Mortal Kombat on June 22nd, 2011
Mortal Kombat’s first kombatant DLC, Skarlet, is now available for download on PlayStation Network. Skarlet comes with a unique move set and two fatalities. You can pick up this bloody kombatant on the PlayStation Network for $4.99, or US PSN members can try their luck and win a code here.
I will randomly select one winner this Friday, June 24, 2011, at approximately 3:30 PM Pacific daylight time. To enter, all you need to do is re-tweet the following on Twitter, make sure you are following @PS3blogdotnet, and then leave a comment here saying you did so, with your Twitter name:
@PS3blogdotnet is giving away a US #MortalKombat #Skarlet DLC RT, Follow, and see http://bit.ly/jrRZ13 to win!!
Are Video Games Causing Marital Trouble?
I listened to a local news story about how video games are causing marital issues. They reported that 15% of women say their husbands’ obsession with gaming is cause for their divorce. It was only 5% a year ago in the same survey. I think part of this is due to them not working out the real issues in their marriage, or maybe it’s just that some guys are really addicted to games and don’t care about anything else. If you are playing games for 8+ hours every day, and your aren’t getting paid to do it, I think that’s a little much for a married guy. Unless your wife if out of town. Then get in all the gaming you can!
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